Sowing seeds again

So this morning during prayer with Ondrea I had a vision of a guy in track 1 and I felt the Lord say to give him $100 and some scriptures. I know very little about him - just that he's young and married. The scriptures I got for him were:

• Psalm 3:3-4 - But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head. I cried to the LORD with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill.
• Psalm 4:3 - But know that the LORD has set apart for Himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call to Him.
• Psalm 15:1-2 - LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, And works righteousness, And speaks the truth in his heart.

I felt the Lord say he has been crying out to Him in prayer and that the Lord wanted him to know He loves him immensely and is delighted in him and hears His prayers. I was touched that the Lord would give such a sweet word to my brother. I felt really awkward giving it to him. He came and thanked me in the prayer room and I said to thank the Lord, not me, and he said yeah but the way I had written it was so sweet. That was nice.

I actually wrote on his note that I felt the Lord wanted to release blessings to him if he would just call out to the Lord (Romans 4:17 - calling those things that be not as though they are) and I said I would stand in faith with him as his sister in Christ.

It kind of bugs me though that every time I take cash out, the Lord tells me to give it away. I checked my pre-paid card balance today - it is getting low! Fortunately, I have some back-up cash and only a month left in USA.

Ruskin Heights

Jess and I went to help out at Ruskin Heights tonight, which is a really rough area kind of near IHOP. It's mainly a black African American population living there and they were really stoked to attend our free "cook-out" with toys for the kids and games provided. It was awesome. Jess and I had a lot of fun with the toddlers in particular. Oh i love that age.

Here we are with some precious little ones. I am not sure what the little boy's name is that Jess is posing with. The little girl in the pink outfit is Sureya and she is also two. Then the little boy in the wheelchair is Rayvin and I don't know how old he was but he is Suerya's brother. The little guy in a yellow shirt is John - he's two years old. We had such a blast. I am so glad I went along.

Birthday tea party for princess Addy

Attended Addy's birthday tea party last night. It's funny, i didn't make the initial invite list but when I saw the event on FB I really wanted to go. Then just a couple of days ago, Addy extended the invite to include me - yay! So it was fun getting dressed up and having a blast with these beautiful ladies. Addy looked amazing.

I liked the idea that we all brought a unique tea cup to share with some words from the Lord inside them. Then similar to pass the parcel, we passed the tea cups around three times until the music stopped and each girl had a different tea cup in their hand to the one they brought.

Being internationals, Jess and I just borrowed her housemates tea cups and swapped with eachother and then returned them when they were done. We felt a bit cheap! Hahaha ... but seriously, we are both leaving the country soon and a fragile tea cup is just not a practical thing to pack in your suitcase or hand luggage. I was very amused that the tea cup Jess borrowed for me matched my dress! That's important :-)

Another fun thing was everyone had to write a "deep" question on a piece of paper and then everyone pulled one out at random and had to answer it to get to know eachother. I got "what was the best prophetic word given to you?". Awesome! I said it was the one that said i ould travel to many nations speaking and praying the Word of God to bring clarity, peace and unity to different people groups..... cos that has been activated!

Rapid fire for KC

Father God we pray You will pour out Your spirit on the Church in KC. Lord, we pray for divine protection for them. We pray that no weapon formed against them would prosper, that any tongue raised against them in judgement be condemned. We pray that You would give them a revelation of the height, the width, the depth, the breadth of your unfailing love for them, that it would conquer all their fear.

Praying to end human trafficking in Ukraine

Lord we thank You that You are a God of many miracles, a God through whom absolutely NOTHING is impossible. We thank You that You are Elohim, Almighty Creator. Lord, You created each perpetrator. They are Your workmanship, made in Your image. So Lord, we pray that You would rend the heavens and come down and meet with these men. We pray You will lift the veil from their eyes and soften their hearts. We pray you will break the bonds of wickedness in their lives. We pray that You will grant them repentance so that they would know the truth and the truth would set them free.

Birthday of a Korean intern

One of my friends, MaryGrace, baked a lovely cake for LeeHyun, a lovely Korean girl who lives with Jess and is doing the Korean Intro to IHOP-KC track.

At the public library in Grandview, KC

With my favourite brother from Brazil, Joshue

Serenity

Ondrea took me on a walk behind our road and into this beautiful serene place this morning. Oh I cannot believe this place was right near me all this time and now I only have six weeks left!

Sowing into the Kingdom of God

Last Wednesday morning, God told me to give Joshue some money. Joshue is a fellow international student from Brazil. He is a musician and an amazing brother. I resisted Him, but then Joshue came and blessed me with a brand new transparent pink cover for my Macbook. He had ordered it for his wife, but the company sent the wrong size, which happened to fit my Macbook but not hers. So Joshue said I was the first person he thought to bless with it. I went home at lunch time and dug up the $40 cash God said to give him. How funny that was. God really is amazing. Why was I so unwilling to bless such a precious brother straight up?

Then on Thursday, God told me to sow $300 into Chris Truby's (aka "Truby") adoption, so I went up to him and told him. I found it a bit frustrating that he said he had no paypal account, but instead to deposit it into Chris Ferguson's (aka "Fergy") account. I don't like that I had to involve a third person. Oh well, so I obeyed the Lord and did it. I asked Fergy if he could help Truby set up a paypal account and he said he already did, but he doesn't use it. He mustn't be that familiar with technology. He didn't reply to my FB message either.

I suppose it really is God's money, not mine, so I should let go of frustrations. I'm just being a faithful steward. This is him with his wife and two boys. I'm not sure when they will be completing their adoption, but the fact they are committing to rescue a precious child and bring them into IHOP really should be commended.

Well I guess those little sacrifices are what released me into a new job back home in Perth. I had an unexpected FB message from my previous boss saying she was willing to place me in a job temporarily and then it would be advertised permanently. Now that is a HUGE blessing, even to get temporary work. God is good.

One encounter with Jesus

Well today I felt grieved with the news about Julz, so I purposed in my heart to intercede for her. As soon as I got to the prayer room, I knelt down at the front and poured out my heart to God. I felt His presence - His sweet, gentle, beautiful presence. God is the only one who really understands and knows how my heart breaks. I prayed in the Spirit and in the understanding, interchangeably.

After weeping in His presence for about two hours, I felt the Lord say to tell Him every little thing that was concerning me, so I did one by one. As I was telling Him, I saw a vision of little white pieces of paper and each one contained handwritten notes of what I was telling Him. Then He said to hold out my hands in front of me, as though I was holding all the concerns in my hands. Then I felt His big hands cup my hands. I wept knowing He was gazing at me with eyes of compassion while holding my hands in His. Then I saw a vision of a small brown square box and inside were all the pieces of paper.

Then I watched as He held the box and threw the contents up into the air. The notes turned into white doves and I could see a big waterfall, which the doves flew up to. Suddenly, I could feel the water from the waterfall on my face.... but then I was conscious of the tears pouring out of my eyes and His sweet anointing all around me. Somehow He lifted my burdens today.

I spent about 2.5 hours kneeling and weeping in His presence. How can I ever explain to anyone what happened to me in the prayer room today? It was supernatural. There is another realm of intimacy with Jesus that we, as Christians, our able to step into. I never knew that before coming to the International House of Prayer in Kansas City.

One encounter with Jesus leaves every part of you craving for more of Him. When can I meet with Him again. I am lovesick for this compassionate, gracious man.

Breakthrough

My sister's friend just messaged me to say Julz is not in a good state. Apparently Grunde has been seeing prostitutes. Oh how tragic for my beautiful nice and nephew. I guess it's not really that big a shock given all the things around their home and the dysfunctional living arrangements. Such sad news. I really hope he does leave....but unless my sister repents and gets right with God, the cycle will continue. Oh Lord, I pray you will grant her repentance and meet the needs of her two beautiful children and her.

Maybe that's why the Lord has me now committed to 5.45am praying in the Spirit with Ondrea, a fellow intern who lives down the road. Today was our fifth consecutive morning and because it is Sunday and we are not expected to be in the prayer room until noon, we prayed a bit longer. I did 2 hrs 20 minutes.

Personal day #5

I went to class this morning, but after having a later night than expected, I was really tired so I took the rest of the day off and slept.

Michael shared his testimony. His childhood was horrific. His older brother Bob used to smash his head against a wall and push him down concrete stairs, leading him into a season of drug addiction and insanity!

Praise the Lord for delivering him. What a radical transformation. I was impressed with his ability to pray and retain scripture and amused when he pulled out some prayer cards with 30 peoples names on them. Mine was on one and he has prayed a scripture over me every day since our first home group meeting. Wow!

Rapid fire prayer to end human trafficking

Resolved

Well today we seemed to have resolved yet another conflict, but really this time I need to be wiser in having limited contact with this guy from now on.

This morning I met with Ondrea before class and we prayed in tongues together in the basement under my house for one hour. I had already prayed for 30 minutes because she was late. Then today in the prayer room, I felt led to pray for two hours in tongues on my knees and another 30 minutes one the chair while my knees recovered. That made four hours in tongues in total! Wow, that's a lot for a day. I was exhausted by the time I got home around 3.30pm, so I went to bed!

We have home group tonight, so I'm hoping I will be riding with Sherita.

Personal day #4

Today was a really emotional day after receiving some really cold, abrupt texts last night from this guy. Urrrgh, why are some people so insensitive? So anyway, my emotions got the better of me and I had tears streaming down my face all morning. They wouldn't seem to dry up. At the news that we had to deliver prophetic ministry in the arvo and my failed attempt to get this girl in my group to trade her community work shift for my prophetic ministry shift, I stayed home all arvo and had to make it a personal day. What a shame. I could have been really productive in someone's garden!

So instead I spent the arvo weeping in prayer over my family and various friends, and also this frustrating guy. Bless those who hurt your heart. One thing I did do that I have been wanting to do for a week now, is write a response to Julz' email to mum, which she forwarded to me for my information. Her email was a very sweet message to mum saying sorry for not appreciating all that mum had done for her. In it she told mum that she and Angel pray for her every night.

I have been wanting to confront Julz about her living arrangements for years and this email presented an opportunity, after much prayer, to finally let her know what's been on my heart. It has never seemed like the right time to tell her. I guess now I am on the other side of the earth, it is easier. I needed to tell her that it is not ok to live with someone before you're married, especially if you want to profess Christianity to everyone. I gave a testimony of my own life and how God had spoken to me the following scriptures (not that I lived with a guy or had kids out of wedlock):

• If I had cherished sin in my heart, He would not have listened to my prayers (Psalm 66:18).
• He later defined sin for me as where I knew to do good, but didn’t do it (James 4:17).
• He also said that if I had remained sexually immoral (any form of intimacy outside of marriage), then I would not go to Heaven (1 Corinthians 6:9-10 - do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God).
• He said that if I simply confessed my sin (and changed my lifestyle), then He would be faithful and just to forgive me and cleanse me from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:7).

I told her blatantly that she needs to make a choice about either getting married or moving out or there would be consequences, the most dramatic being that she would not be going to Heaven. I also copied and pasted Deuteronomy 28 describing the blessings or curses for obeying or disobeying God, respectively. I prayed that the spirit of conviction would hit her and she would be granted repentance so that she would know the truth and the truth would set her free. I prayed that her eyes would be opened and that righteousness would break forth in areas where she struggles. I prayed that though sin abounds, that God's grace would abound so much more.

Now it is really up to God. I have finally released what I have needed to say for so many years.

Prayer

Today I prayed for the church in America, that God would pour out His Spirit on the church, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. I prayed that in God's presence the Church would be liberated and set free from fear and confusion and that a revelation of God's love, would lead it to repentance and a deeper level of intimacy.

I just put a globe of the world in this photo of three American guys in my internship for fun and posted it on Sam's wall with the Psalm 2:8 verse - "Ask of me and I will give you nations for your inheritance, the ends of the earth for your possession".

Applebee's

Went to Applebee's last night with Ariane. The food was amazing. God has laid it on my heart to disciple this girl who almost ended her life the day I met her some four months ago now. I have been meeting up with her at least once a fortnight and every time I see her I deposit the Word of God into her heart through prayer and buy her a drink.

Last night I paid for dinner because she had no money. It is challenging discipling someone. I mean it requires a sacrifice of time, money, emotions and energy. I don't think I could do this for more than one person at this point in time. I only have 6.5 weeks left in KC. I guess God brings different people into your life at different times for a reason.

Wasted

Just had the most sensitive, compassionate and wonderful man do my hair at the Shampagne spa salon in Stateline. His name was Fernando Navarro and he is from Venzuela, but his parents are Spanish. He was just so lovely and interesting .... oh why are the nicest guys always gay!?!?!

Nations for our inheritance

Today I prayed that God would release a fresh anointing over the church in KC. I prayed God would increase our vision and expand our territory, that He would give us nations for our inheritance and the ends of the earth for our possession. I prayed He would enable us to feel the warmth of His embrace, that it would leave us longer and craving for more of Him.

Elohim - Almighty Creator of the Universe

Today in the prayer room, I was just craving to get there and then, as i've done now so many times, i knelt down and His presence overwhelmed me. I am amazed how many tears seem to gush out of my eyes. The prayer room air conditioner is absolutely freezing, but when I feel God's presence, I feel this intense warmth come over me and it's like my face is burning and I feel like God is right in front of me and intensely listening to me tell Him everything on my mind and pray. I started thinking how amazing it is that this amazing God who created the whole universe and all the stars in the sky could actually want to come and meet with me in the prayer room, and I meditated on the fact that He knows me so intimately and the future ahead of me, even though to me it is so uncertain.

Then later, I felt Him lead me to read Psalm 8 and these verses just leapt out at me:

³ When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,
⁴ What is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You visit him?

I never realised there was a deeper level of intimacy available to us where we can seemingly literally sit at the foot of His throne and commune with Him so directly. I am overwhelmed by His presence here. I guess after twelve years of continuous 24/7 prayer, the place is anointed!

Carpe Diem

So I have been so frustrated with having minimal choice of shoes that I just bought some TOMS carpe-diem shoes online. Strangely enough, they come with a free book. How funny! I really have no care for the book.

Silly giving

Crazy, I felt the Lord say to give this guy going to Nepal exactly $13.22, as crazy as it seems. Then I look through my bible and find Acts 13:22, which is what I felt God was highlighting ... he is a man after God's heart and will do God's will in Nepal. Seems so silly giving him such a small amount. Haha ... just being obedient to God.

Beauty and hair salon in one

Found a lovely beauty and hair salon, which I went to today. I think i'll head back there to get my hair done. It costs $65 US to get it dyed one colour and then $20 on top of that for travel costs. That's not bad. Anyways, the place is called Shampagne Spa. It has got to be the nicest-looking place I have been into, and a million times nicer than the dodgy place I went to last time!

Diligence

So here's my friend studying in the prayer room, probably in preparation for the hebrew class he is teaching tonight. Haha

New watch

So I bought a watch online today from Walmart for $26 US. Seems pretty plain and simple. Really, I am going nuts not having a working watch on my hand. I frequently look at my left wrist with the watch tan line! ... so I got to the point where I just HAD to purchase a new watch and couldn't get to the shops w/o a car.

Get ready for some weekend fun with this stylish Timex watch. It has a medium-sized round, blue resin case that will be able to take a licking. It frames a blue dial background with full Arabic numeral display, luminous dotted markers and hands (with seconds hand), and inset 24-hour marks.

It also features a nylon grosgrain strap in blue, 10-year battery life, and water resistance to 30 meters (99 feet).

Mineral Crystal

Nylon StrapLuminous Hands & Markers
10 Year Battery
Water Resistant
Sweeping Second Hand

Chesed

This is what Michael shared with me yesterday. Very interesting.

Chesed: “In the Hebrew language those two things [love and loyalty] are expressed in only one word, chesed, a lovely word. We have no English word that covers both meanings. Our English word ‘love’ is often so debased that it does not carry anything of loyalty in it. But the Hebrew word means loyal love, a love that never lets anybody go.

Do you know why we use a ring in marriage? It used to be believed that a nerve ran from that finger up the arm to the human heart and that when you put a ring round that finger you were surrounding the heart nerve with something that has no end-in other words with a loyal love that would never let someone down: for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and health.” David Pawson COME WITH ME THROUGH ISAIAH P. 309

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